Presbytery Highlights from the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
The following reports appear in the current issue of ARP News from First, Mississippi Valley, Northeast, and Virginia Presbyteries First Presbytery. The spring meeting was held Feb. 16, 2012 ·Received Rev. Tom Irby from the Georgia Foothills Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America and approved his call to the Fuller Memorial Church, Durham. ·Approved... Continue Reading
PCUSA Synod Judicial Commission rules that presbyteries must remit per capita to General Assembly
“We would be remiss in not noting that reality of declining funding is a symptom, not the disease. The underlying causes must be prayerfully addressed at local, presbytery, synod and General Assembly levels, not in the denominational courts or in unconstitutional actions.” –PJC The Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of the Trinity has ruled... Continue Reading
PCA’s Potomac Presbytery Overtures General Assembly to turn down requests to adopt statement declaring Adam to be historical
Whereas, Larger Catechism Question 17, “How did God create man?” provides an accurate summary of Scripture’s teaching on the creation of man The following overture has been posted on the 2012 General Assembly Web Site. To read an overture requesting the statement, read here. OVERTURE 26 from Potomac Presbytery (to Overtures Commitee) “Response to Requests... Continue Reading
Church revenue, membership dropped in 2010, report finds
Church revenues sank by more than $1 billion, or 3.5 percent, in 2010, according to a new report that also shows churches overall dropped slightly in membership, with mixed trends among individual denominations. The Roman Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention — the two largest denominations in Kentucky and the nation — saw membership... Continue Reading
PCUSA Synod weighs property battle in California
A website for the Presbyterian Lay Committee, a conservative advocacy group, listed 35 congregations that had started the process of separating from the denomination since July. The First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, with more than 4,000 members, is the largest to take part in the exodus. A Presbyterian court, in a case with implications... Continue Reading
PCUSA Synod weighs property battle in California
A website for the Presbyterian Lay Committee, a conservative advocacy group, listed 35 congregations that had started the process of separating from the denomination since July. The First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, with more than 4,000 members, is the largest to take part in the exodus. Testimony began before the Synod of the Pacific,... Continue Reading
Sharon, Penn., Church Joins Eight Others Seeking Dismissal from Shenango Presbytery
Covenant Presbyterian Church of Sharon, Pa., has decided to put their future with the Presbyterian Church (USA) to a vote this Sunday. The session of Covenant Presbyterian Church of Sharon, Pa., has recommended that the 469-member congregation vote to leave the PCUSA and join the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). The church has scheduled a congregational... Continue Reading
Okla. Church Planning to Split From Presbyterian Church USA
An Oklahoma church’s leadership has decided to cut its ties with the Presbyterian Church (USA) over theological differences and has advised its congregation to vote accordingly. First Presbyterian Church of Edmond, which was founded in 1889 and with an estimated 750 regular attendance, held a session in which they recommended breaking from their PC(USA) regional... Continue Reading
35 Amazing Tips That Will Change Your Ministry
People ask me what I wish I’d known when I started pastoring. Here are 35 different things. At our church we call them plumblines. Our plumblines serve as guides for decision-making. 1. The gospel is not just the diving board, it’s the pool. Christians grow not by going beyond the gospel, but deeper into the... Continue Reading
Catholic Church in St. Louis wins control of its property; RC Archbishop vows fight to Supreme Court
Or, as (Judge) Hettenbach wrote — straddling the line between the divine and the earthly — “The Archbishop may own the souls of the wayward St. Stanislaus parishioners, but the St. Stanislaus Parish Corporation owns its own property.” Judge Bryan Hettenbach’s courtroom was quiet Thursday morning as a clerk handed out copies of the judge’s... Continue Reading
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